Wing Commander Creator Chris Roberts Announces Star Citizen

Game designer Chris Roberts, of Wing Commander and Privateer fame, is now working on a space sim called Star Citizen.

The new PC project has been in the works for about a year now. Roberts put together a development team that includes Wing Commander and Freelancer talent, along with some fresh blood, to produce the visual and technical prototype.

We don't have a ton of gameplay details yet, but we do know a few things. Star Citizen will feature first-person cockpit piloting and third-person fleet command. Roberts plans to offer offline and online co-op modes that will allow players to have a real impact on their friends' in-game worlds.

Roberts is financing the game through crowd funding, which he is promoting on his own website. Consumers that decide to back the project will receive a version of the game sometime next year.

This won’t be the finished version, by the way, which is more likely two years out.